Reminiscences of John Richardson Alison : oral history, 1960.

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Reminiscences of John Richardson Alison : oral history, 1960.

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Pre-World War II training and experience in Army Air Corps; demonstrating P-40s in England; London during the Blitz; duty in Russia, Lend-Lease program with Russian Air Force; combat assignments in China, Burma, India theater of war; kamikaze attacks on Pacific Fleet; Assistant Secretary of Commerce for Air; Northrop Corporation. Recollections about Harry Hopkins, Generals Henry H. Arnold, Claire Chennault, and Orde Wingate.

Transcript: 132 leaves.

Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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Columbia University in the City of New York, Columbia University Libraries

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